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‘No other plan comes close’: how Labour MPs turned to Burnham with Starmer on the brink

globalMay 1, 2026
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‘No other plan comes close’: how Labour MPs turned to Burnham with Starmer on the brink
Greater Manchester mayor’s team have been quietly preparing a manifesto and identifying seats where MPs could step aside to allow a Westminster run
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Greater Manchester mayor’s team have been quietly preparing a manifesto and identifying seats where MPs could step aside to allow a Westminster run

  • Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

When the eyes of Westminster were on the committee rooms and voting lobbies of parliament this week, Keir Starmer’s political future was being decided elsewhere.

Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner were buttering up Labour MPs in the Strangers’ Bar in parliament as colleagues spoke of their “existential” fear about the crucial elections next week.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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